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Print, A Little Shepherdess

This is a Print. It was designed by Alexis Peyrotte and engraved by Jean Charles Francois. It is dated 1740–45 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is hand-colored etching with watercolors on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

79.5 x 56.5 cm (31 5/16 x 22 1/4 in. )

It is inscribed

Bottom left: "[artist's monogram] Sc."; at right: "a Lyon chez Pariset."

Cite this object as

Print, A Little Shepherdess; Designed by Alexis Peyrotte (French, 1699–1769); Engraved by Jean Charles Francois (1717–1769); France; hand-colored etching with watercolors on paper; 79.5 x 56.5 cm (31 5/16 x 22 1/4 in. ); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-261

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rooms with a View: Landscape & Wallpaper.

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